Coast Guard chopper off Alki

March 31, 2009 at 8:26 pm | In Seen at sea | 7 Comments

Twitter user “seakobi“ sent that via TwitPic, taken from Alki about half an hour ago – and we got notes from Barb and Robin wondering about the helicopter. Clearly a Coast Guard chopper, but we aren’t having any luck getting the CG on the phone; no rescue calls on 911, so perhaps training? May not be able to verify till tomorrow, but if you happen to know, please chime in. And thanks to “seakobi” for the photo. ADDED 8:34 PM: And this one too:

ADDED WEDNESDAY MORNING: From comments, official confirmation (and yes, the IP address checks out):

The crews from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., and Station Seattle were doing their weekly helicopter operations training March 31. Nice photos from your reader.

Paul Roszkowski, Chief Public Affairs Specialist, U. S. Coast Guard

7 Comments

  1. we were at dinner at dukes and the manager came over to point out the helicopter doing training exercises …

    we saw them leave as we were walking back towards the car…

    pretty cool!

    Comment by JoB — 8:34 pm March 31, 2009 #

  2. sweet

    Comment by Todd — 8:44 pm March 31, 2009 #

  3. They were doing drop a dummy in the water and rescue. Dropped it 3 times and retrieved it.

    Comment by chase — 8:54 pm March 31, 2009 #

  4. the 2nd photo looks like an action movie still

    Comment by WSMom — 9:50 pm March 31, 2009 #

  5. Greetings,

    I’m the assistant public affairs officer for the Coast Guard here in the Pacific Northwest. The crews from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., and Station Seattle were doing their weekly helicopter operations training March 31. Nice photos from your reader.

    Paul Roszkowski, Chief Public Affairs Specialist, U. S. Coast Guard

    Comment by Paul Roszkowski — 7:52 am April 1, 2009 #

  6. Thanks for the confirmation – I hadn’t even gotten a chance to call yet this morning so you’ve saved me the trouble! – TR

    Comment by WSB — 8:28 am April 1, 2009 #

  7. No problem, thanks for posting the photos.

    Paul Roszkowski, Chief Public Affairs Specialist, U. S. Coast Guard

    This is an official United States Coast Guard posting for the public’s information. Our posting does not endorse this site or anything on it, including links to other sites, and we disclaim responsibility and liability for the site and its content.

    Comment by Paul Roszkowski — 5:34 am April 2, 2009 #

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